Julia Shapero

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Senators introduce bill to sunset tech liability shield Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced the Sunset Secti…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he will push for a moratorium on AI data center construction in an effort to “give democracy a chance to catch up” amid concerns about the “unregulated spri…

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are pressing several companies about the sale of AI-powered toys following reports of such items engaging …

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Senate confirms Musk ally Isaacman to lead NASA The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jason Isaacman to lead the National Aeronautic…

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artifi…

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Trump AI order fuels GOP divide over state laws Republicans are facing growing fissures on artificial intelligence (AI) standards as Presi…

Time named the business leaders behind the AI boom as its person of the year on Thursday, describing 2025 as the year when the technology’s “full potential roared into view.”  The magazine poi…

Senators are trying to iron out key sticking points in legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry in their final working weeks of the year, as they push to ge…

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced a slate of 18 kids’ online safety bills to the full panel Thursday despite Democratic opposition to key legislation that could complicate the…

President Trump signed Thursday night an executive order to impose a national AI standard, a move that would limit states’ efforts to enact their own AI laws. “We have to be unified. Chin…